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The freedom to follow your vision.
The SBD group at Cargill offers you the unique opportunity to work alongside senior management, learning from the best minds in business. After you master the basics of analysis, teamwork, and influence, you become a Project Team Leader and further solidify your membership in our leadership corps.
Project Team Leaders coach Business Analysts and other Cargill colleagues, providing leadership on problem solving approaches, project direction and the communication of results to senior management. In this role, Project Team Leaders build their own management style in a high stakes, high performance environment.
After four years in the SBD program, you will be prepared for the opportunity to build a business. And though you will have already come a long way, your journey has truly just begun. A world of possibilities will lie stretched out before you.
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After tackling strategic projects for Mexico, Asia and the Caribbean, became Commercial Director for Health & Food Technologies, a new business venture at Cargill. Charged with leading all commercial activities for Health & Food Technologies' products including marketing, sales, applications and new product development. Challenges: Develop and expand channels of distribution. Manage licensing of technology. Lead commercially oriented operational decisions. Coordinate early stages of development and launch phases with Business Development Director. Review commercial contracts.
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"I chose this position for the unbelievable entrepreneurial opportunities and the tremendous potential for growth in the business. The Health & Food Technologies division is a ground floor opportunity for Cargill and myself. I love building a new business in a cross functional environment where everyone is strong and everyone contributes."
David Henstrom
Director, Business Development
Cargill Health & Food Technologies
Locations: Headquarters
University of Michigan Business School